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Lu YY, Wang MC, Liu K, Zhang W, Liu Y, Tang HF. Two new polyhydroxylated steroidal glycosides from the starfish Culcita novaeguineae. Nat Prod Res 2020; 36:2118-2124. [PMID: 33336584 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2020.1845676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The chemical constituent investigation on the starfish Culcita novaeguineae resulted in the isolation of two new polyhydroxylated steroidal glycosides and two known ones. The new compounds were identified as (25S)-3-O-(2-O-methyl-β-D-xylopyranosyl)-26-O-(β-D-xylopyranosyl)-cholest-4-ene-3β,6β,7α,8,15α,16β,26-heptaol (1) and (25S)-3-O-(2-O-methyl-β-D-xylopyranosyl)-26-O-(β-D-xylopyranosyl)-cholest-4,24(28)-diene-3β,6β,7α,8,15α,16β,26-heptaol (2) and the known compounds were determined as linckosides I and H (3-4). The structures of the isolated compounds were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic studies and chemical evidence. In addition, the cytotoxicity of the two new compounds against human glioblastoma cell lines U87, U251 and SHG44 was evaluated by MTT method.
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- Yun-Yang Lu
- Department of Chinese Materia Medica and Natural Medicines, School of Pharmacy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi'an, China
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- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Chinese Materia Medica and Natural Medicines, School of Pharmacy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Chinese Materia Medica and Natural Medicines, School of Pharmacy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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Asterosaponins: Structures, Taxonomic Distribution, Biogenesis and Biological Activities. Mar Drugs 2020; 18:md18120584. [PMID: 33255254 PMCID: PMC7760246 DOI: 10.3390/md18120584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Asterosaponins are a class of steroid oligoglycosides isolated from starfish with characteristic structures and diverse biological activities. In this review, we have attempted to combine the most important data concerning asterosaponins and give a list of these secondary metabolites with their structural peculiarities. The purpose of this review is to provide a brief but as complete as possible principal information about their chemical structures, taxonomic distribution in the marine environment, distribution in different geographical areas and depths, some properties, biological activities, and functions. Some other rare steroid metabolites from starfish, closely related in structures and probably biogenesis to asterosaponins, are also discussed.
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Decroo C, Colson E, Lemaur V, Caulier G, De Winter J, Cabrera-Barjas G, Cornil J, Flammang P, Gerbaux P. Ion mobility mass spectrometry of saponin ions. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2019; 33 Suppl 2:22-33. [PMID: 29873851 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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- Corentin Decroo
- Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Lab, Interdisciplinary Center for Mass Spectrometry, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons - UMONS, 23 Place du Parc, B-7000, Mons, Belgium
- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, Center of Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers, Research Institute for Science and Engineering of Materials, University of Mons - UMONS, 23 Place du Parc, 7000, Mons, Belgium
- Biology of Marine Organisms and Biomimetics Unit, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons - UMONS, 23 Place du Parc, B-7000, Mons, Belgium
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- Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Lab, Interdisciplinary Center for Mass Spectrometry, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons - UMONS, 23 Place du Parc, B-7000, Mons, Belgium
- Biology of Marine Organisms and Biomimetics Unit, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons - UMONS, 23 Place du Parc, B-7000, Mons, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, Center of Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers, Research Institute for Science and Engineering of Materials, University of Mons - UMONS, 23 Place du Parc, 7000, Mons, Belgium
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- Biology of Marine Organisms and Biomimetics Unit, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons - UMONS, 23 Place du Parc, B-7000, Mons, Belgium
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- Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Lab, Interdisciplinary Center for Mass Spectrometry, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons - UMONS, 23 Place du Parc, B-7000, Mons, Belgium
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- Unit for Technology Development (UDT), University of Concepción, Av. Cordillera 2634, Parque Industrial Coronel, P.O. Box 4051 mail 3, Coronel, Región del Bío Bío, Chile
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- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, Center of Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers, Research Institute for Science and Engineering of Materials, University of Mons - UMONS, 23 Place du Parc, 7000, Mons, Belgium
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- Biology of Marine Organisms and Biomimetics Unit, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons - UMONS, 23 Place du Parc, B-7000, Mons, Belgium
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- Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Lab, Interdisciplinary Center for Mass Spectrometry, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons - UMONS, 23 Place du Parc, B-7000, Mons, Belgium
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Two new steroid glycosides, linckosides L1 (1) and L2 (2), were isolated, along with the previously known echinasteroside C (3) from the ethanolic extract of the Vietnamese blue starfish, Linckia laevigata. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic methods (mainly 2D NMR) and chemical transformations. Lifetime observations and analyses of silver impregnated preparations on the culture of neuroblastoma C-1300 cells showed that glycosides 1, 2, and 3 are capable of inducing neuronal differentiation similar to that of neurotrophins and of enhancing substantially the neuritogenic activity of NGF.
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Vien LT, Hanh TTH, Huong PTT, Dang NH, Thanh NV, Cuong NX, Nam NH, Thung DC, Kiem PV, Minh CV. Anthraquinone and Butenolide Constituents from the Crinoid Capillaster multiradiatus. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2018; 66:1023-1026. [PMID: 30135325 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c18-00472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Seven anthraquinones including two new compounds namely capillasterquinones A and B (1 and 2) and one new butenolide namely capillasterolide (8) were isolated and structurally elucidated from the crinoid Capillaster multiradiatus. The inhibitory effect of compounds 1-8 on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced nitric oxide (NO) production as well as inhibition of 1 on expressions of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) proteins in RAW264.7 cells were also evaluated. As the obtained results, capillasterquinone A (1) showed strong NO production inhibitory activity with an IC50 of 5.89±0.11 µM. In addition, compound 1 reduced the LPS-induced iNOS and COX-2 expressions in a dose-dependent manner.
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- Le Thi Vien
- Institute of Marine Biochemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST).,Graduate University of Science and Technology
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- Institute of Marine Biochemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)
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- Institute of Marine Biochemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)
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- Institute of Marine Biochemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)
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- Institute of Marine Biochemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)
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- Institute of Marine Biochemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST).,Graduate University of Science and Technology
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- Institute of Marine Biochemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)
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- Institute of Marine Environment and Resources (IMER)
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- Institute of Marine Biochemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)
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- Institute of Marine Biochemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)
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Ivanchina NV, Kicha AA, Malyarenko TV, Ermolaeva SD, Yurchenko EA, Pislyagin EA, Van Minh C, Dmitrenok PS. Granulatosides D, E and other polar steroid compounds from the starfish Choriaster granulatus. Their immunomodulatory activity and cytotoxicity. Nat Prod Res 2018; 33:2623-2630. [DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2018.1463223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- Natalia V. Ivanchina
- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
- School of Natural Sciences, Far East Federal University, Vladivostok, Russian Federation
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
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- Institute of Marine Biochemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Caugiay, Viet Nam
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
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Lu Y, Li H, Wang M, Liu Y, Feng Y, Liu K, Tang H. Cytotoxic Polyhydroxysteroidal Glycosides from Starfish Culcita novaeguineae. Mar Drugs 2018. [PMID: 29534028 PMCID: PMC5867636 DOI: 10.3390/md16030092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Four new polyhydroxysteroidal glycosides—culcinosides A–D (1, 2, 4, and 7)—along with three known compounds—echinasteroside C (3), linckoside F (5), and linckoside L3 (6)—were isolated from the ethanol extract of starfish Culcita novaeguineae collected from the Xisha Islands of the South China Sea. The structures of new compounds were elucidated through extensive spectroscopic studies and chemical evidence, especially two-dimensional (2D) NMR techniques. The cytotoxicity of the new compounds against human glioblastoma cell lines U87, U251, and SHG44 were evaluated.
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- Yunyang Lu
- Institute of Materia Medica, School of Pharmacy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
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- Institute of Materia Medica, School of Pharmacy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
- First Motorized Detachment of Shanghai Armed Police Corps, Shanghai 200126, China.
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- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi'an 710065, China.
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- Institute of Materia Medica, School of Pharmacy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
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- Institute of Materia Medica, School of Pharmacy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
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- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi'an 710065, China.
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- Institute of Materia Medica, School of Pharmacy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
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Ermolovich YV, Zhabinskii VN, Khripach VA. Formation of the steroidal C-25 chiral center via the asymmetric alkylation methodology. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 13:776-82. [PMID: 25388008 DOI: 10.1039/c4ob02123a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A novel approach for the preparation of steroids containing a chiral center at C-25 is reported. The key stereochemistry inducing step was asymmetric alkylation of pseudoephenamine amides of steroidal C-26 acids. The reaction proceeded with high diastereoselectivity (dr > 99 : 1). The developed methodology was successfully applied to the synthesis of (25R)- and (25S)-cholestenoic acids as well as (25R)- and (25S)-26-hydroxy brassinolides.
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- Yu V Ermolovich
- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Kuprevich st., 5/2, 220141 Minsk, Belarus.
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Dong G, Xu T, Yang B, Lin X, Zhou X, Yang X, Liu Y. Chemical constituents and bioactivities of starfish. Chem Biodivers 2011; 8:740-91. [PMID: 21560228 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.200900344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Starfish have been the research topic in many chemical and pharmacological laboratories due to their complex secondary metabolites and diverse bioactivities. The aim of this review is to provide an up-to-date review on the chemistry and bioactivity of compounds isolated from all kinds of starfish to illustrate the chemodiversity and biological significance of these constituents, along with their geographical distribution where it is discernible.
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- Guang Dong
- Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Kicha AA, Kapustina II, Ivanchina NV, Kalinovsky AI, Dmitrenok PS, Stonik VA, Pal’yanova NV, Pankova TM, Starostina MV. Polyhydroxylated steroid compounds from the Far Eastern starfish Distolasterias nipon. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2011; 34:129-35. [DOI: 10.1134/s1068162008010160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Parra MG, Fidalgo LM, Martinez JM, Alvarez AMM, Iglesias OV. Leishmanicidal activity of Echinaster (Othilia) echinophorus crude extract. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2010; 52:89-93. [DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652010000200005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2008] [Accepted: 01/12/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In this study, a methanolic extract from Echinaster (Othilia) echinophorus was evaluated for activity against Leishmania amazonensis. The extract showed activity against the promastigote and amastigote forms with IC50 values of 62.9 and 37.5 μg.mL-1 respectively. This extract showed a moderate toxicity on macrophages from BALB/c mice. A dose of 100 mg/kg/day was effective when administered during 15 days by intraperitoneal route to BALB/c mice infected experimentally.
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Anthraquinoid pigments from the deep-water starfish Henricia SP. Chem Nat Compd 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s10600-010-9484-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Kicha AA, Ivanchina NV, Kalinovsky AI, Dmitrenok PS, Stonik VA. Steroidal monoglycosides from the Far Eastern starfish Hippasteria kurilensis and hypothetic pathways of polyhydroxysteroid biosynthesis in starfish. Steroids 2009; 74:238-44. [PMID: 19059276 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2008.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2008] [Revised: 11/05/2008] [Accepted: 11/10/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Five new steroidal monoglycosides, kurilensosides E (1), F (2), G (3), H (4) and 15-O-sulfate of echinasteroside C (5) were isolated along with the previously known echinasteroside C (6) from the alcoholic extract of the Far Eastern starfish Hippasteria kurilensis collected near Kuril Islands. Compounds 1-3 were determined to contain unusual polyhydroxysteroidal aglycons lacking 6-hydroxy group. Aglycon moiety of kurilensoside H (4) was shown to be the first case of marine polar steroids containing 4,5-epoxy functionality. Hypothetic pathways of the biosynthesis of polyhydroxysteroids and related glycosides in starfish and the existence of the late C-6 oxidation pathway in H. kurilensis are discussed.
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- Alla A Kicha
- Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. 100-let Vladivostoku 159, 690022 Vladivostok, Russia
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Kicha AA, Ivanchina NV, Kalinovsky AI, Dmitrenok PS, Sokolova EV, Agafonova IG, Morre J, Stonik VA. Four new steroid glycosides from the Vietnamese starfish Linckia laevigata. Russ Chem Bull 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s11172-007-0123-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Kicha AA, Ivanchina NV, Kalinovskii AI, Dmitrenok PS, Sokolova EV, Agafonova IG. Sulfated steroid glycosides from the Viet Namese starfish Linckia laevigata. Chem Nat Compd 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s10600-007-0036-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Han C, Qi J, Ojika M. Linckosides M–Q: neuritogenic steroid glycosides from the Okinawan starfish Linckia laevigata. J Nat Med 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/s11418-006-0107-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Han C, Qi J, Ojika M. Structure-activity relationships of novel neuritogenic steroid glycosides from the Okinawan starfish Linckia laevigata. Bioorg Med Chem 2006; 14:4458-65. [PMID: 16524736 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2006.02.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2005] [Revised: 02/15/2006] [Accepted: 02/16/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Six new steroid glycosides, linckosides F-K, and a related metabolite were isolated from the Okinawan blue starfish Linckia laevigata as mimics or enhancers of nerve growth factor (NGF). Their structures and stereochemistry were elucidated by spectroscopic methods and chemical derivatization. Structure-activity relationships suggest that both a carbon branch modified by a pentose at the side chain and 2'-O-methylxylopyranose at C-3 of the aglycon are important for neuritogenic activity.
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- Chunguang Han
- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Japan
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This review covers the literature published in 2004 for marine natural products, with 693 citations (491 for the period January to December 2004) referring to compounds isolated from marine microorganisms and phytoplankton, green algae, brown algae, red algae, sponges, coelenterates, bryozoans, molluscs, tunicates and echinoderms. The emphasis is on new compounds (716 for 2004), together with their relevant biological activities, source organisms and country of origin. Biosynthetic studies (8), and syntheses (80), including those that lead to the revision of structures or stereochemistries, have been included.
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- John W Blunt
- Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Bavington CD, Lever R, Mulloy B, Grundy MM, Page CP, Richardson NV, McKenzie JD. Anti-adhesive glycoproteins in echinoderm mucus secretions. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2004; 139:607-17. [PMID: 15581793 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2004.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2004] [Revised: 07/13/2004] [Accepted: 07/16/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Marine invertebrates produce a large variety of mucus secretions which are rich in glycoproteins. As part of our studies of natural antifouling mechanisms, mucus secretions from the starfish Marthasterias glacialis and Porania pulvillus and the brittlestar Ophiocomina nigra have been used to characterise the structure and function of some of the glycoproteins present in these secretions. Mucus was collected from all three species and fractionated by size exclusion chromatography. A high molecular weight glycoprotein fraction was collected from each species. Monosaccharide analysis and FTIR demonstrated a composition consistent with a mucin-type glycoprotein. The mucin from M. glacialis and O. nigra inhibited in vitro bacterial adhesion in a dose-dependent manner. In contrast, the mucin from P. pulvillus promoted bacterial adhesion in a dose-dependent manner. All of the mucins inhibited the adhesion of human neutrophils to cultured human vascular endothelial cells (HUVECs) and had no anticoagulant activity. The mucins described here have adhesion-regulating functions that may have a role in the antifouling or feeding mechanisms of the organisms that produce them. These mucins may also be of therapeutic value through their ability to regulate human neutrophil adhesion or bacterial adhesion.
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- Charles D Bavington
- Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, P.O. Box 3, Oban PA34 4AD, UK.
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Choi DH, Shin S, Park IK. Characterization of antimicrobial agents extracted from Asterina pectinifera. Int J Antimicrob Agents 1999; 11:65-8. [PMID: 10075280 DOI: 10.1016/s0924-8579(98)00079-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The extracts from the starfish Asterina pectinifera obtained using various organic solvents and distilled water were tested for their antimicrobial activities against fungi and yeasts. The methanol and water extracts were found to be the most active and Aspergillus spp. and Cryptococcus neoformans proved to be sensitive species. The extracts are polar, stable to a wide range of pH and a high temperature, and possess a very distinctive UV spectrum. The colour reactions for functional groups of antimicrobial substances indicate the presence of some distinctive chemical properties common to steroidal oligoglycosides which results suggest that the antimicrobial activity is due to structures common to steroidal oligoglycosides.
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- D H Choi
- Department of Applied Biology, Dongguk University, Seoul, South Korea
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Minale L, Iorizzi M, Palagiano E, Riccio R. Steroid and triterpenoid oligoglycosides of marine origin. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1996; 404:335-56. [PMID: 8957306 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1367-8_28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Saponins have been considered for a long time typical metabolites of plant origin. It has been only in the last two decades that the world-wide investigation of marine organisms as sources of new bioactive metabolites disclosed the wide distribution of these molecules also among marine animals. Today saponins are recognized as the most common characteristic metabolites in two classes of the phylum Echinodermata (Holothuroidea and Asteroidea). Furthermore, several steroid and triterpenoid oligoglycosides have been isolated from different species of marine sponges, more rarely Anthozoans, and also from fishes of the genus Pardachirus, where they have been shown to act as shark repellents. This communication offers a general view of the distribution of steroid and triterpenoid oligoglycosides among marine organisms and focuses on a number of recent examples to discuss structural characteristics, biological activities, and methods of investigation.
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- L Minale
- Dipartimento di Chimica delle Sostanze Naturali, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
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